Bergendal Country Villas offers quality 2 & 3 Bedroom Apartments which is perfect for all investors

Bergenzicht Country Estate

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Thornbury Gardens

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One on Whiteley

Recognizing the demand for more luxury living within the stylish and centrally-located Melrose Arch precinct in Sandton, One on Whiteley comprising of 197 luxury upmarket apartments has been...

Tweespruit

Each house has two bathrooms, a lock-up garage and beautiful modern internal finishings. The village also features state of the art security.
Bond Registration and Attorney costs are excluded in the...

Grand Verdeau

Grand Verdeau | Wellington is an incredible investment opportunity. These 2 bedroom apartments are spaciously designed and are 60m² in size with superior finishes.
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Pimlico Place

Sandown forms part of the Tableview and Blouberg neighbourhood on the western seaboard of Cape Town.
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Should you buy an existing property, or off plan?

The decision to buy an existing property or plan is really up to the individual. Some clients would rather buy an existing property because it doesn’t come with the added stress of having to build their own. But what we have to settle with is the fact that they’ll be going into somebody else’s dream home. On the other side, when building your own home, you can get exactly what you want except there’s some other considerations to make.

When choosing to build your own home, it’s important that you understand a couple of things to ensure that the journey at the end of the day is a happy one. Things such as time to invest in a building process, and making sure that you are part and parcel of that process to ensure that you get exactly what you want and it’s built the right way. You also need to make sure that you have the right builders in site, and to sign a good building contract to make sure that legally, you have some recourse against bad building practices.

Thirdly, you want to make sure that you have a right architect who is going to build a house that is both practical and spacious enough to transform over time. Lastly, you want to make sure that you have spare funds to cater for changes in the building process as your needs might change along the journey.

Off-plan property launches

Off plan properties are usually marketed initially through a launch. If you attend, you can examine the off-plan marketing material and in some instances do a walkthrough of a show home. The show home is designed to be a typical property equipped with the level of specification you can expect from your own investment.

The earlier you get access to the property for sale, the greater the chance of securing one of the better units and of getting a discount on the price. Your negotiating position will be determined by the demand the development is attracting. The higher the demand, the less chance you have of negotiating the price down.

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